Purpose of North Slope methane hydrate well is long-term testing

Alan Bailey

Petroleum News

The U.S. Department of Energy has announced that a new methane hydrate test well being drilled on the North Slope will be fitted with temperature and acoustic monitoring devices to support potential long-term field experiments. The idea is to build on previous methane hydrate research conducted in t....

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Drilled from existing pad

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